Blind veteran joins 200-mile charity ride

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Carol Sharp, a blind veteran from Worthing in her 70s is going to take a 200-mile pillion ride for charity on Saturday, August 10. The Ride for Life Beyond Sight Loss will set off from...

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There are new technologies to assist blind people with navigation. One blind inventor has a system where he is followed by a drone while running on a track with painted lane lines. The drone monitors his position in the lane and sends feedback to wrist bands that alert him if he is getting close to a line on either side. Allows him to run in the lines, which is a spatial activity. This was a proof of concept for now and I doubt anything like that could work for a motorcycle. However, like cochlear implants for hearing impaired, we could be on the cusp of breakthroughs for vision loss.

I hope she enjoys the ride.
 
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